Antiskid-chain.



C. R. RAWDON & E. M. PARKER.

ANTISKID CHAIN.

APBLIGATION FILED M1115, 1912.

1,086,558- Patented, Feb, 1m, im.

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ielirnnr f Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented heb. Ml, l'fllal.

kpplea'tien lec'l December 5, "1912. Serial No. 735,684.

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Y renown thai; we, @immune R. Rim'- ilmvl'lnn M. Riemen, citizens: olf the finies, residing al; Slt. Lenie, filete Uri, lime iirrenel eerlzein new find inpreveineine in Antisl l-Chains. the 'followiiw ie n full., elem', :1nd desseril'illion, Tele-renee being' had llo npenjying drawings, forming' e. pal-ri ir invenlien relation to iinprovein enti-skid Chains for Vehielewheel l nd il eonsllirle in the novel details of "rlze'lion mere ielly eet forth in the millon and pointed ent vin the elnini.

dr::.;vine, Figure l iS mi oner #fece ei e quarter of e. vehicle-wheel ehowenr invention applied thereto; Figi. is an edge flew er the fiume; Fig. 3 an enhirged rose-see;i n leken lnongh lhe rim ire en the line 2%*3 ef Fig. l; Fig. 4l is :in inner face View el2 the Wheel shown in Fig, l, 'Willi the entiekid Chains shown ontel? fraeirviee; and F 5 is n, plan of one half of ehe chain with one ol? its terminal snaphoehe, The

ohjeet of nur invention is te provide :in nni--elfid chain for vehicle-wlmel lires, und nnriiienlarly pi'iennml'ie lires. which may he. readily pnt out, of commission when not d aired te be lient in eerviee er when the rehiele is runningN` over e. rond Where the clinin ie either nude able or inmeeessnry.

il l'erther ehjeeli lio previde eeenring ens infor said chain. which will admit of .wily nlllee'lnnenl., or renieml of ille hitter lifer 'purposes of renewal.

fr., l: her ohjeet if' to provide in mns 'eh rehf lphe @hein nmy he lelfli Secured lo the ugh iiz he ont of emi'miiehion :is n kid device.

@ne 'invention presents further :ind oher :s beter apparent freni n delniled phon thereof which es :follow erring te izhe drawings, WT rep nis lie er body perlien eli' en entonie-hile li. lhe rim or lelly thereof. und 'l the L willie ifi 1e passed over the rini. 'ireeent embodiment of oni' lnx-"en: n a. spoke wheel is 'lio ne l-fnnmped etleelnnenl', we enlploy n. @lmnp o fsepnrz'll'ile seeliime l, i. pled lo en nfiffe ihe une YV of the .vn-eel, ihe l'nfo #lione secured le ll other by 7 'menne of hemden screws e ierniineaing in ning-nnte 2') by which the clamp-sections are nel; onl)Y (i rewn firmly together, but are seenrelj,Y fastened lo the spoke. The inner linnn/:ll of Ihe seeion l ie formed into an enlarged loep or eye e, and the outer ten :nii/nil oilE lle seeiion 2 ie formed into n .smaller loop er eye e, thus disposing the eirtire Series: of loops e on the inside of the wheel, the loops e being' disposed on the outside. ln llrnetiee the eleinp is fastened no the spoke so to near against the inner face el? the rim, ihe lei-ter preventing outw-.iird ol radial displacement of the clamp onee lzhe elannp is sei'fnred to ilus spoke.

l; :d transversely across the lire T, are Series of miliieliidding' Chains il terminating at opposite ende in preferably Circular inemherey or rings il, Jdie respective ringe Carrying conventional Simp-hoehe 4 adapted to be secured to the eyee e, e', respectively whereby euch chain E is thus secured in proper poeilifm across the lire und serves :1S an anti.- ekid chain therefor.

El; 'will be Seen from the foregoing that the Simp-hooks permit the instantaneous reinovnl or zinmelnnenl. of n elmin when necessary or desirable. When it is desired to put the chains ont of emnniiseion, und yet nlloW l-heni to he secured to lhe Wheel, the chauffeur or driver detachee the onier Snap-hooks freni the eyes e', leaving he elimine secured lo the inner larger eye(l c. Each Chain thus Secured passed through lhe eye een n. eon figurine spoke, then donhled on itself und free end (hol delnehe l 'from iyhe eye e) secured lo the ere e elE he het Spoke, und

so en through he series (nee Fig. In this way (he eeverdl chains, :may he left; se cured io *.he Wheel, and. lnfing diepeeed on il 'i inside, they nre ont of the 'wmf und hence net ohjeel'iennljile. The lnrger etw .e peni .he nieengg'e lilierelliroliqli of he chaine for the pulpe-se specified. llhen deeired te serre in; nnl'iekids the miler enfle oli" the my el" eonre, he need .'d hres. ils held on the en 'ille n'ilelnm of Jbhe in nonne' Vire nel; zh"

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e 3) are disposed each 1G ing, so that the loops c,

' heavy ellies, the loops e,

20 bled about the spoke to which they 25 the loops must be 39 is important for then it serves as rl`he anti-skid member need not oi' course, be a chain, any equivalent thereof being contemplated by the present invention.

lt will be seen that Wholly to one side of its respective clamp section. Where the telly R is unusually thick, the clamp sections l, 2, may be secured to the spoke in a position reverse to that shown in the drawe, will point toward from the hub of the wheel instead of toward said hub as now shown. This reversibility of the clamp is important because with unusually thick or e, may still be brought close to the base of the tire T or to the periphery ot' vthe elly, thus obviating the necessity for lengthening the chain 3.

When the clamp-sections l, 2, are assemare at tached, the loops e, e/, thereof will be disposed on opposite sides of the plane of separation bet-Ween the sections (Fig. 5). lt follows therefore that the chain coupled to assed diagonally around the tire or at a slight incline to the plane or" rotation oi the Wheel, thiis causing the chain to exert a shearing grip on the ground passed over. This disposition of the chain a perfect the tire T or away anti-skid device.

the loops e, e', (Fig.A

" ,ceases l Havingy described our invention, what AWe claim is: I

In coi'nbiiiation with a Vehicle Wheel having a spoked body and a rim, a tire encompassing the rim, clamps each comprising two sections embracing the spokes and positioned in proximity to the rim, the respective sections terminating in loops or eyes of unequal dimensions disposed on opposite sides of the plane oi' separation between the sections, the smaller loops being limited to come inside the plane tangent to the outer side oit' the tire whereby said loops are protected against impact with objects near the wheel, the larger loops being opposite the inner face of the wheel, and chains passed across the tireV and having their ends detachably secured to the loops, the dimensions oi' the inner loops being suiiicient to allow the chains detached from the outer loops to be passed therethrough and their ends fastened to adjacent loops of the inner series, when the chains are out of commission.

ln testimony whereof We alix our signatures, in presence or' two witnesses.

' CHARLES R. RADON. EDWARD M. PARKE Witnesses EMIL Samana, Jos. A. Mic-nan. 

